GlobalFoundries Files Trade-Secrets Lawsuit Against IBM

Chip maker claims IBM violated intellectual-property rights

GlobalFoundries’ lawsuit alleges that IBM illegally disclosed the chip maker’s intellectual property to IBM’s partners. Photo: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg News

GlobalFoundries Inc. has filed a lawsuit accusing International Business Machines Corp. of misappropriating its trade secrets.

Filed in New York federal court, the suit alleges that IBM illegally disclosed GlobalFoundries’ intellectual property to IBM’s partners, including Intel Corp. and Japan’s state-backed chip maker Rapidus, after IBM sold its chip business to GlobalFoundries in 2015.

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